26 Black Oscar Winners

Hattie McDaniel

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Gone With the Wind, 1940

Sidney Poitier

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Lilies of the Field, 1963

Isaac Hayes

Best Original Song: Shaft, 1971

Louis Gossett Jr.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982

Irene Cara

Best Original Song: Flashdance, 1983

Prince

Best Original Song Score: Purple Rain, 1984

Stevie Wonder

Best Original Song: The Woman in Red, 1984

Lionel Richie

Best Original Song: White Nights, 1985

Herbie Hancock

Best Original Score: Round Midnight, 1986

Willie D. Burton

Best Sound Mixing: Bird, 1988
Best Sound Mixing: Dreamgirls, 2006

Denzel Washington

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Glory, 1989
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Training Day, 2001

Russell Williams

Best Sound Mixing: Glory, 1989
Best Sound Mixing: Dances With Wolves, 1990

Whoopi Goldberg

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Ghost, 1991

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jerry Maguire, 1996

Halle Berry

Best Actress in a Leading Role: Monster’s Ball, 2001

Jamie Foxx

Best Actor in a Leading Role: Ray, 2004

Morgan Freeman

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Million Dollar Baby, 2004

Three 6 Mafia

Best Original Song: Hustle & Flow, 2005

Forest Whitaker

Best Actor in a Leading Role: The Last King of Scotland, 2006

Jennifer Hudson

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Dreamgirls, 2006

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay): Precious, 2009

Mo'Nique

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Precious, 2009

Roger Ross Williams

Best Documentary Short Subject: Music by Prudence, 2009

Octavia Spencer

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: The Help, 2012

T.J. Martin

Best Documentary Feature: Undefeated, 2012